Wo surfen, mit wem, und was du vorher wissen solltest

11. Juni 2026

Feels Like Home × Surf Booking

Surf Booking connects Portugal's finest designer-hotel network to the country's best certified surf schools. The first: Feels Like Home.

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23. Aug. 2026

ONFIRE: twenty three years writing Portuguese surf

Born in 2003, made by friends who were in the water. Still printing every two months. In that time surf titles with decades of history folded. ONFIRE did not.

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7. Sept. 2026

Pride Training Club Carcavelos — bodyboard, on Carcavelos beach

There is a club in Carcavelos that does not teach surfing. Pride Training Club is the second bodyboard club Pride has opened in Portugal, led by Hugo Macatrão, from Nazaré. In summer, weekday classes with two sessions a day; in winter, groups for beginners and advanced riders.

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7. Sept. 2026

Penas Surf School — Matosinhos, Porto

Facing Matosinhos beach, Rui Baptista — Penas — teaches from 8 to 80. Over 30 years of surfing, a Leixões Port Authority licence and federation registration. And he took the school to the Matosinhos Surf School Cup title, winning three straight stages.

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15. Apr. 2026

Activity Surf Center

Meet Activity Surf Center, one of Ericeira's reference schools. Lessons for every level, a dedicated team and the best waves in the World Surfing Reserve.

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1. Sept. 2026

3 Ondas: twenty-five years in Ericeira, and a name that teaches

In 2001 — twenty-five years ago — Frithjof Gauss swapped Sylt for Ericeira and opened a surf school. That was ten years before this coast was named a World Surfing Reserve. Today, 3 Ondas still teaches in small groups — and the school's name is itself a lesson.

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1. Sept. 2026

Seacastle: the school on the south side of Peniche

Peniche is a peninsula — it has north-facing and south-facing beaches minutes apart. Seacastle teaches at Consolação, on the south side, the beach that keeps working when the other side does not. And surf is not all they teach: stand-up paddle, yoga and pilates are part of the house, which means a flat day is still a day.

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15. Apr. 2026

Waterbound Surfschool

Waterbound is a local Ericeira surf school with certified instructors who live for the ocean. Personalised lessons at Matadouro — one of the most beautiful beaches in the World Surfing Reserve.

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14. Mai 2026

Soulspot Surf School — Sintra, Praia Grande

In Sintra, at Praia Grande, Soulspot Surf School has been teaching surf and bodyboard for over 25 years. Founded by Renato Paço in 1999, with instructors certified by the Portuguese Surf Federation.

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20. Mai 2026

BSA — Barrel Surf Academy, Costa da Caparica

On Praia do CDS, Apoio 12, Costa da Caparica, BSA — Barrel Surf Academy has been teaching since February 2009. Certified by the Portuguese Surf Federation, with a competition team, the AM-PRO high-performance project, and students from 5 to 70 years old. From first steps to the contest circuit.

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30. Juni 2026

Rompeolas Surf School — Costa da Caparica

On Muralha da Praia, Costa da Caparica, Rompeolas Surf School has been teaching for over 10 years. Certified by the Portuguese Surf Federation and by IPDJ, with groups of 6 students maximum, instructors who teach in five languages, and the peak picked fresh each day according to the sea. 25 minutes from Lisbon.

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25. Aug. 2026

Migas Surf School — Praia da Vagueira, Vagos

On Praia da Vagueira, in Vagos, the person teaching is a three-time national bodysurfing champion. Miguel Rocha — Migas — turned the beach he grew up on into a school certified by the Portuguese Surfing Federation, with around 150 students and four disciplines. Now it is on Surf Booking.

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30. Juni 2026

Zulla Surf School — Nazaré

In Nazaré, the town the world knows for giant waves, Zulla Surf School teaches on the waves that are right for learning. Founded by Teresa Almeida — 2014 Bodyboard World Champion and a sports graduate — with lessons for children and adults of every age, discounted packages, and gear and insurance always included.

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22. Mai 2026

The Surf Academy — Areia Branca, Lourinhã

On Praia da Areia Branca, in Lourinhã, Pedro Fernandes founded The Surf Academy in 2022 with a simple promise: surf taken seriously. 12 km of coast to pick the day's best wave, video analysis, groups of 5, and the founder at every class.

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14. Mai 2026

Future Eco Surf School — Algarve, eco-driven

B Corp certified, 1% for the Planet member, 13 instructors and a Surf For All programme running for 22 years. Future Eco teaches at Praia da Rocha + the Algarve west coast with real environmental weight.

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7. Mai 2026

Ericeira Waves Surf School

Ribeira d'Ilhas, World Surfing Reserve. Group, private, kids and coaching lessons with video analysis — from your first wave to your best one yet.

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13. Mai 2026

Nazaré Surf School

In 2012 they opened the first surf school with a fixed door on the sand of Praia da Vila — and they're still the only one. A wheelchair ramp down to the sea, and the courage to make a village famous for giant waves a place where six-year-olds learn to surf.

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18. Mai 2026

Surf At Surf School — Sintra, Praia Grande & Praia das Maçãs

On the Sintra coast — between Praia Grande and Praia das Maçãs — Surf At teaches like you'd teach a child to enter the ocean. A rare trick few schools have: when the Atlantic shuts down Sintra, they switch the meeting point to Carcavelos. Lesson saved.

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28. Mai 2026

FilSurf Surf School

In Lagos — Algarve's western coast — there's a school that's been running for 18 years and teaches like people who grew up in the ocean. Family-run, instructors who surf every day, and the south-coast secret: waves you can learn on 365 days a year.

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14. Juni 2026

Arrifana Surf School & Camp

At Arrifana — the most sheltered bay on the Vicentine Coast, inside a Natural Park — there's a school with 18 years of sea and a camp a 5-minute walk from the sand. When the rest of the Algarve is blown out, here there are waves. That's the secret.

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17. Juni 2026

Sea Creatures — surf & SUP in Albufeira, away from the crowds

In Olhos de Água (Albufeira), Diogo built a school with no storefront — “the office is the ocean”. Small groups, personal attention and spots away from the crowds: surf, SUP and rentals, backed by a lifetime in the water.

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14. Juni 2026

West Coast Surf School

In the town of Ericeira — a World Surfing Reserve, 40 minutes from Lisbon — there's a school that opened in 2005 with a simple idea: share the love of surfing with as many people as possible. Twenty years on, it still does, with local people.

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7. Mai 2026

How much does a surf lesson cost in Portugal in 2026 — honest guide

Group lessons €25–€60, private €70–€150, packs with 15–25% discount. By zone, by type, by season. No fluff, no hidden costs. What's included and what isn't.

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8. Apr. 2026

How to Choose a Surf School in Portugal — 7 Essential Criteria

Not all surf schools are the same. The 7 things that tell you a school in Portugal is certified, safe and worth your money.

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9. Apr. 2026

Surfing alone vs with a school? What nobody tells you

Plenty of people buy a board and paddle out. Does it work? Sometimes. But there are things only an instructor teaches you — and they can save you months.

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24. Aug. 2026

Between lessons: four dry-land drills that speed up the next one

The pop-up can be drilled on your living-room floor. Four no-ocean exercises that make lesson two feel like lesson five.

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8. Apr. 2026

Surfing with Kids in Portugal — A Parent's Guide

What parents need to know about surf lessons for kids: minimum age, safety rules, the best beaches, and what children actually learn.

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7. Mai 2026

Women's surf — why Portugal is the best place to start

Yolanda Hopkins, Teresa Bonvalot, Carolina Mendes — Portugal is raising a generation of women surfers. And it starts in certified schools, from the first lesson on.

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7. Mai 2026

Surf with kids in Portugal — family holiday guide

From what age? Which beach? How much? What does a kids lesson look like? Everything you need for your first family surf trip.

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15. Apr. 2026

Surfing together — surf lessons for couples

Catch your first wave with the person you like most. Surf lessons for couples on Portugal's best beaches.

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15. Apr. 2026

Surf team building — lessons for companies and groups

Surf as team building? Schools set up for groups of 10 to 30 people. Book online, no back-and-forth.

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